The contested Europeanisation of collective bargaining fields

Forces of reproduction and change in collective bargaining: A social field perspective

“…We chose German and Italian collective bargaining fields in the metal sector for a paired comparison because both countries have a strong tradition of industry-level collective bargaining. They largely differ in terms of their symbolic reputation within national and European fields of power and in relation to their economic positions in the metal sector since the last financial and economic crisis (Pernicka et al, 2019). In both countries, collective bargaining takes place within national boundaries, whereas economic fields in the metal sector have become European and even global.…”

Lifelong learning, young adults and the challenges of disadvantage in Europe Lifelong learning, young adults and the challenges of disadvantage in Europe , by John Holford, Pepka Boyadjieva, Sharon Clancy, Günter Hefler, Ivana Studená, 2023, 467 pp., £34.99 (paperback), ISBN: 978-3-031-14111-9. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

“…We analyse three examples of recently founded youth-led social movement organisations aimed at improving the employment conditions of young workers. In the next section, we present a framework for analysing the position of novel social movement organisations within countries' specific industrial relation systems, which we understand respectively as particular organisational and social fields (Pernicka et al, 2018(Pernicka et al, , 2019. We then present case vignettes of social movement organisations in three different countries (Austria, Spain's Basque Region, and Slovakia) with highly diverse industrial relations systems.…”